A visit to the Brown Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Brown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Cemetery:
36.4504, -82.2929
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brown Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brown Cemetery is located in Sullivan County<2>.
The county seat for Sullivan County is located in Blountville. Blountville lies just to the north northwest of the Brown Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brown Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Droke Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Droke Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Droke Cemetery
- Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Cross Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Cemetery
- Shell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Shell Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Cemetery
- Kidwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Kidwell Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidwell Cemetery
- Calbaugh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Calbaugh Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calbaugh Cemetery
- Adkinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Adkinson Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkinson Cemetery
- Arrants Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Arrants Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrants Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- Berry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Berry Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Cemetery
- Lindamood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Lindamood Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindamood Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Rumbley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Rumbley Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumbley Cemetery
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- Curtis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Curtis Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Cemetery
- Bare Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Bare Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bare Cemetery
- Peregoy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Peregoy Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peregoy Cemetery
- McLaney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The McLaney Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaney Cemetery
- Malone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Malone Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Cemetery
- Spears Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Spears Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Cemetery
- Webb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Webb Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Cemetery
- Morning View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Morning View Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morning View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bluff City.
- The Morning View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bluff City Morning View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149796 <5>
- Mauk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Mauk Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauk Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Piney Flats
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Childress
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Childress is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Bluff City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
- Former name for Bluff City:
- Zollicoffer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <6>
- Lella ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lella is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella
- Thom ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom
- Watauga
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Austin Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Blountville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Biltmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Sac ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sac is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Flourville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- Akard Addition
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Akard Addition is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akard Addition
- Cross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cross is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,330 people
- Colby ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Colby is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- North Johnson City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City
- Oakland Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village
- Beechnut City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beechnut City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechnut City
- Carnegie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Carnegie is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
- Central
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Elizabethton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Walnut Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Spurgeon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Brown Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sullivan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blountville
- Bluff City
- Elizabethton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Brown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Sullivan County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Brown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1278562 (Brown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1278562 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Sullivan
- Est. Elev: 472 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bluff City
- Location given for Brown Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4503819 Lon: -82.2929146
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brown Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |